Proportions of patients reporting frequent (>4 days per week) bathing and moisturizer by age and Atopic Dermatitis Status*
| Child age | Overall | AD | No AD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | %† | (95% CI) | N | %† | (95% CI) | N | %† | (95% CI) | |
| Frequent bathing (≥4 days per week) | |||||||||
| <1 | 224 | 45 | (36–53) | 33 | 36 | (15–58) | 191 | 46 | (39–53) |
| 1 | 158 | 70 | (63–78) | 38 | 63 | (52–74) | 120 | 72 | (64–81) |
| 2 to 3 | 124 | 69 | (57–82) | 37 | 68 | (43–92) | 87 | 70 | (58–82) |
| 4 to 5‡ | 111 | 63 | (51–76) | 44 | 61 | (41–82) | 67 | 64 | (47–81) |
| Total | 617 | 59 | (52–67) | 152 | 58 | (47–69) | 465 | 60 | (52–68) |
| Frequent moisturizer use‡ (≥4 days per week) | |||||||||
| <1 | 173 | 60 | (53–67) | 30 | 77 | (67–87) | 143 | 57 | (50–64) |
| 1 | 132 | 71 | (62–67) | 35 | 74 | (67–82) | 97 | 70 | (59–81) |
| 2 to 3 | 95 | 69 | (57–82) | 33 | 79 | (70–88) | 62 | 65 | (45–84) |
| 4 to 5§ | 77 | 61 | (47–75) | 41 | 71 | (60–82) | 36 | 50 | (31–69) |
| Total | 477 | 65 | (57–73) | 139 | 75 | (69–81) | 338 | 61 | (52–70) |
AD, atopic dermatitis; CI, confidential interval.
↵* Percents are mean predictions from a logistic model with clustered standard errors to account for correlation between babies from the same clinic.
↵† Total N (denominator) for given age/AD group.
↵‡ The denominator for moisturizers frequency includes only those who reported using moisturizers on their child skin.
↵§ Includes children aged 6 years, 0 months.